I just heard that Apple has effectively killed iTunes for windows. They will no longer supply updates of any sort. Which means if I have MP3 music there’s no realistic way for me to put that onto my iPhone.

Now what I’m trying to figure out is if I got a new computer right now and I needed to install a piece of software to move my MP3’s onto my phone (on the basis I got a new phone) Could I download the iTunes software.?

Is iTunes even still downloadable?

If iTunes is not downloadable, how would I move music which I legally own onto my phone?

I would prefer to stay with an iPhone. So I guess the questions are about the iPhone.

My understanding is I could use Apple Music and sync my music archive from my computer onto my phone through Apple Music. But the problem is then have to keep paying Apple Music subscription, which is stupid since I already own the music.

  • .Donuts@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    As someone who’s never used Apple devices I was a bit peeved when my car came with an iPod. I spent days trying out random 3rd party software because I refused to use iTunes. In the end, I settled for CopyTrans software.

    You still need to have the iTunes services installed afaik, but you can use this program to put music on your device, pad out the meta info on the MP3 files and sync the playlists without having to open iTunes at all.

    Maybe not entirely the answer you were looking for, but it was a workable solution for me after days of trial and error, so I’m hoping I can save you those troubles.

  • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Hope they don’t kill it entirely, or at least move their media codecs out to a separate download.

    CoreAAC > all other AAC encoders

  • Asterisms@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Dunno if it’s still around but when i had troubles with itunes back in the days of the 5S, i briefly used media monkey. it was pretty straight forward!iirc!

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
    36·
    1 year ago

    If iTunes is not downloadable, how would I move music which I legally own onto my phone?

    Alright, I’ve never used iTunes. I’ve never used an iPhone either. Full disclosure on that.

    But I’m having difficulty even understanding your issue. Either iTunes has some propriatary bullshit that I’m unaware of, like DRM, or you’re just not seeing the obvious.

    So right now, I don’t understand the core concept of the issue. What is preventing you from taking a cable, plugging the cable into your phone, plugging the other end into the PC, opening the folder on your pc with your mp3’s, opening the folder in your iPhone with your mp3’s, highlight the files on your PC, right click, copy, then right click inside the older on your iphone, paste, and wait for them to transfer?

    Me typing that out took 10x longer than the actual action, and you reading it took 2x longer than the actual action.

    I don’t understand the issue here.

    • herrvogel@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 year ago

      The iPhone is stopping them from doing all that, which you’d know if you’d ever used one. The phone’s filesystem does not appear to the pc as a mountable external volume for you to copy shit in and out of it. You have to move the files over network somehow, through a smb share or whatever.